Sunday, May 27, 2012

Micheal Fumento details his history in the echo chamber. As well as how he walked out that door. Here are some quotes:

All of today’s right-wing darlings got there by mastering what Burke feared most: screaming “J’accuse! J’accuse!” Turning people against each other. Taking seeds of fear, anger and hatred and planting them to grow a new crop.

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Limbaugh pulls down a stunning $38 million annual salary. Leaked Heartland Institute documents revealed it’s gotten over $14 million in the past six years from a single individual. RightMarch.com accompanied the Obama-cum-tyrant message with an offer to “Blast Fax” every member of Congress for $139 – for a profit of about $139. Surely these people have their fingers crossed that President Obama is reelected.

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But while the new right screams the most about big government, it nonetheless supported President George W. Bush as he presided over the largest expansion of government spending since uber-liberal FDR and left us with a massive debt before President Obama was sworn in. Why? Silly rabbit! Because the left opposed him.

Thursday, May 03, 2012

Brad DeLong and Larry Summers have written a paper in which they argue that if the economy can be sufficiently stimulated, with today's economy, the long-term debt will be countered by real growth. This what happened in the post-war era. Perhaps the planets have now aligned.

At the Internet Society’s Global INET 2012 conference in Geneva, Switzerland, the description of Gore states:

“Al Gore, the 45th Vice President of the United States, was a key proponent of sponsoring legislation that funded the expansion of and greater public access to the Internet. Instrumental in helping to create the ‘Information Superhighway,’ Gore was one of the first government officials to recognize that the Internet’s impact could reach beyond academia to fuel educational and economic growth as well.”

In the Case of the 22 Chinese Women the Supreme Court set the precedent for how it should handle the Arizona Immigration Law. In this case, the Court struck down the power of states to any immigration policy other than that of the Federal government. If the states had the power to make their own policies, our international standing and relationships could be hurt by the independent actions of a state. This has been the settled law since 1874. The Arizona Legislature needs a history lesson. Let's see if the current court needs one as well.

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